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1. Topband: AAARRRAAGH###$$@@!! (score: 1): Author: "Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:02:27 -0500; Y'know-maybe....just maybe...these tuner-uppers chose 1830.5 in error this AM! Not knowing much about DXing on topband, couldn't hear the DX anyhow, heard a pileup around 1826 so "got ready just in c; /archives//html/Topband/2009-11/msg00078.html (6,916 bytes)
2. Topband: VERTICAL ANTENNA MATCHING (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 20:10:33 -0400; There have been quite a number of posts recently requesting info on how to match an inverted "L" or a short vertical. Most of the responses suggest one method or another, but I have seen very few sug; /archives//html/Topband/2009-10/msg00097.html (7,114 bytes)
3. Topband: COPPER BRAIDED ROPE (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:42:10 -0400; Has anyone had experience with this stuff? I just had a failure on one of the pigtails connecting a top loading wire to the mast on my 160M vertical....most disconcerting, as it requires a 75 ft clim; /archives//html/Topband/2009-04/msg00059.html (7,068 bytes)
4. Topband: JD1BMM (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:23:37 -0400; Interesting that he peaked on my 92 degree Beverage this AM just before 1100Z...signal was as high as 569 at times. So, skewed propagation or a pirate? Bill VE3CSK ___________________________________; /archives//html/Topband/2009-03/msg00063.html (6,260 bytes)
5. Topband: BEVERAGE READINGS (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:26:05 -0400; I had occasion to check two of my Beverages after an ice jam took out a run of hardline where it crosses a creek (ice piled up 6 ft high...guess I need to raise the level of the hardline!!). I used m; /archives//html/Topband/2009-03/msg00042.html (7,616 bytes)
6. Topband: TOPBAND CONDITIONS TO NA (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:16:08 -0500; While many experienced the frustration of hearing EU stations calling endlessly while answering very few calls, imagine my utter surprise when, at 2200Z yesterday in full sunlight I heard CN3A with a; /archives//html/Topband/2009-01/msg00267.html (6,641 bytes)
7. Topband: CLIPPERTON L (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:10:47 -0500; For those who may have a Dentron Clipperton L linear and contemplate making it a better performer on 160M, I recently added to and updated my web page on this fine little unit. Some of the material g; /archives//html/Topband/2008-11/msg00221.html (6,739 bytes)
8. Topband: T-TYPE TOP-LOADED VERTICAL (score: 1): Author: "Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:57:20 -0400; I have been following the posts for the "T" antenna and hope that the lengths given for the tophat wires don't discourage some from building this very excellent antenna. By adding a third wire and ma; /archives//html/Topband/2008-10/msg00085.html (9,078 bytes)
9. Topband: 160/80 Inverted L (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:35:59 -0500; The late W1FB had a very good article on a dual-band inverted L in QST; it employed a relay to switch two matching circuits at the base. This was my first 160M antenna and I worked about 40 DX before; /archives//html/Topband/2008-02/msg00033.html (6,507 bytes)
10. Topband: DO LOOP (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:36:12 -0500; For those who asked for further details on VE3DO's loop RX antenna I have placed further information on my web page www.isp.ca/ve3nh and follow the Topband link. 73, Bill VE3CSK _____________________; /archives//html/Topband/2007-12/msg00206.html (6,210 bytes)
11. Topband: RX LOOP VARIATION (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:46:13 -0500; You all know Ivan, VE3DO....he is the fellow who posts all those rare DX spots which most of us often cannot hear on our Beverages or other receive-only antennas. Well, the secret is out....Ivan has; /archives//html/Topband/2007-12/msg00178.html (8,249 bytes)
12. Topband: BAND CONDX LAST NIGHT (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:39:38 -0500; My Beverages all seem to have slightly different "noise output", with my 82 degree antenna somewhat quieter than the others. Last night the noise on the 52 degree antenna, which is always a bit highe; /archives//html/Topband/2007-12/msg00126.html (6,943 bytes)
13. Topband: C52C (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:57:21 -0400; There is no doubt that QRN plagues any DX station this time of year in the tropics, but last night not only was C52C a steady 579-599+ for a couple of hours in EN93 but the op was putting 'em in the; /archives//html/Topband/2007-10/msg00148.html (6,690 bytes)
14. Topband: BEVERAGE TERMINATION NEAR POWER LINE (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 16:12:51 -0400; A couple of weeks ago someone posted a query regarding terminating a Beverage under or very near a power line as opposed to keeping the termination back some distance. I don't recall seeing any respo; /archives//html/Topband/2007-09/msg00065.html (7,013 bytes)
15. Topband: SUMMER 160M ACTIVITY (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:36:08 -0400; I know I will be far from alone in NA this summer in keeping an ear open for DX on topband. In the past, I have worked lots of great 160M DX on summer mornings and evenings....even the odd new one! S; /archives//html/Topband/2007-04/msg00123.html (6,962 bytes)
16. Topband: MYSTERY NOISE GONE! (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:27:19 -0500; I live on a farm in a very rural area and have been blessed with an almost S-0 noise level for years-until recently. Beginning about 6 weeks ago, I began to notice a low buzzing at about S 1-2 streng; /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00402.html (7,851 bytes)
17. Topband: BINOCULAR CORE WINDING (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:40:13 -0500; I have wound up perhaps 30 transformers on the BN202-73 cores over the last three years for myself and friends and have had no problems with shorted turns. I have used #26 enamel for the 5-turn windi; /archives//html/Topband/2007-01/msg00310.html (6,685 bytes)
18. Topband: ZL8R (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:14:57 -0400; Lots of fellows in the log this AM according to what I was hearing. Pretty good signals from about 1025Z to 1135Z-from 339 up to 569 at my QTH, and the op appeared to be hearing well. He kept calling; /archives//html/Topband/2006-10/msg00085.html (6,861 bytes)
19. Topband: S01R-GREAT EARS (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 07:09:34 -0400; Early this AM S01R was on 1842 SSB with a readable signal-would have been 5/9 had it not been for the S-9+ QRN crashes. That op must have great ears because he was able to pull lots of guys including; /archives//html/Topband/2006-04/msg00037.html (7,465 bytes)
20. Topband: TY5MR (score: 1): Author: "Mr. and Mrs. Magoo" <magoo@isp.ca>; Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:49:36 -0500; Last Sunday I began hearing TY5MR at about 2345 and tried calling until about 0245 when I took a break. During that time the signal was never better than 559, often ESP only. I came back into the sha; /archives//html/Topband/2006-03/msg00217.html (8,175 bytes)

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